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Curing Concrete with Plastic? Be Careful…
A few months ago, a buddy of mine who I play hockey with had a problem: His newly-poured concrete porch and patio had pattern stains in the finished product. He asked me to take a […]
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IDOT Width Restriction Signage
If you work in Illinois, occasionally, your maintenance of traffic designs may develop conditions where you have a lane width restriction. What are the signing requirements for it? In the category of “sometimes-hard-to-find” resources, I’ve […]
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4 Tips for Improving Your Project Close-Out
What’s the best time in the lifecycle of a construction project? The day that your boss tells you that you’ve got a new job assignment. What’s the worst time in the lifecycle of a project? […]
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Toolbox – Pipe Jacking & Directional Boring
Here are some excellent resources for pipe jacking, microtunneling & directional boring:
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Resident Engineer’s Toolbox – Task Organization
In my article on the tactics for tracking open project issues I discussed some ways that construction engineers always have systems on-board to navigate the multitude of problems, issues, emails & tasks that need to […]